KOSTAL Group is a globally active, family-owned German company renowned for delivering innovative, market-leading solutions in the solar and automotive industries. Founded in 1912, the company has grown into a worldwide organization with around 20,000 employees across 47 locations in 22 countries.
As part of its continued expansion, KOSTAL established KOSTAL Business Services (KBS) in 2022, marking the launch of its first Business Service Centre in Hungary. This hub provides high-level support across key functions including IT, finance, procurement, master data, sales, and human resources.
Designed as a global centre of excellence, KBS focuses on delivering complex, high value-added services that strengthen and support KOSTAL’s international operations.
Job DescriptionOverall Purpose of Job:
KOSTAL is running a central SAP S/4 HANA system, which is connected via an online interface to a central PLM to exchange engineering changes, material master with variant management, BOM’s and more Your task is to work together with your colleagues in the specialist area to develop new solutions and solving errors.
Main tasks, roles and responsibilities:
- Analyse business requests and issues.
- Configuration to fulfil business requirements.
- Creation of programming requests and testing the correction or new solution.
- Documentation of the solution
- User support, incident handling and standard service fulfilment.
- Support processes in the area of engineering changes, runout management and samples.
Experiences and requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
- 3+ years of experience with ABAP development
- Programming experience (ABAP)
- Knowledge in 4PEP by ILC (SAP add-on) would be beneficial.
- Fluent English
- German welcome
Required Skills and Competencies:
- Excellent communication skills and customer orientation to interact with IT colleagues, business stakeholders and external partners
- Good overview of the main processes in a producing company (automotive branch welcome).
- Experienced working in an international, virtual team.
- You have worked as ABAP developer and you like to change into the consulting area.
What do we offer :
- Flexible working conditions with remote work possibility (in-person presence is required from time to time), you can have a real work-life balance
- Modern, newly renovated, sustainable office with parking space and bicycle storage area in the heart of Budapest
- Supportive, diverse and highly skilled community
- Ability to really make a difference and build new processes from scratch, you can participate in the formation and shape of the BSC processes
- KOSTAL is a dynamically developing company, an independent, family-run business which provides much flexibility
- You can enjoy our value-oriented work culture: we are down-to-earth, appreciative, inspiring and innovative
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- At least 3 years of ABAP development experience
- Programming experience with ABAP
- Knowledge of 4PEP by ILC
- Fluent English
- German language skills
- Excellent communication skills and customer orientation
- Good understanding of core processes in a producing company, preferably automotive
- Experience working in an international, virtual team
- Experience as an ABAP developer and interest in transitioning into consulting
KOSTAL Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is often described as fair for the job, with overtime and shift premiums boosting total earnings in some roles and regions. U.S. operations in particular are cited for competitive base pay.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive in multiple locations, with offerings such as medical and dental plans and insurance partnerships. This breadth contributes to positive sentiment around total compensation.
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Flexible Benefits — Flexible working hours, flexitime, and remote-work options are commonly offered for eligible roles. These arrangements support work-life balance alongside core pay and benefits.
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What We Do
KOSTAL Group is a global, independent, family-owned company based in Germany that develops and manufactures technologically complex electronic and mechatronic products.
